Read this ARTICLE and answer the questions below.
1. Post-secondary schools are now, not only looking at your extra-curricular activities, but at your social media posts as a deciding factor on whether they will accept you. Do you agree or disagree that social media should be taken into account when enrolling in a college or trade school?
2. 'Sometimes kids are worried more about being a character than having character.' Do you agree with this observation? Explain.
3. As an example... "When you're growing up, you probably want to get a big-time job somewhere and they look back at your Twitter account and they see the things you're putting out," Lammons said.
Schools and employers are looking at past behavior and choices you've made through social media. How do rules in the high school mimic (copy) what students should expect once they leave these walls and how is the high school preparing students for future jobs/schooling?
1. Post-secondary schools are now, not only looking at your extra-curricular activities, but at your social media posts as a deciding factor on whether they will accept you. Do you agree or disagree that social media should be taken into account when enrolling in a college or trade school?
2. 'Sometimes kids are worried more about being a character than having character.' Do you agree with this observation? Explain.
3. As an example... "When you're growing up, you probably want to get a big-time job somewhere and they look back at your Twitter account and they see the things you're putting out," Lammons said.
Schools and employers are looking at past behavior and choices you've made through social media. How do rules in the high school mimic (copy) what students should expect once they leave these walls and how is the high school preparing students for future jobs/schooling?